UDC: 007:004]:502.131.1 ; 005.591.6

DOI: 10.7595/management.fon.2012.0029

Today there is growing need for questioning the usage of resources of every kind based on limitations that inevitably exist regarding that use. This pattern is especially noticeable in dynamic and fast developing industry areas such as the area of information systems and technology. Particularly in this area it is necessary to stress how development and innovation, produced in that process, are affected by sustainability. This is one of the topics which this paper deals with. Also, this paper attempts to highlight the importance of that influence and the maner in which organizations are affected by it. This is done by reviewing the actual research in this field of study. Additional attention is paid to the definition and recognition of terms such as sustainability and innovations, so that consequences and the ways to deal with them could be easily comprehended and accepted. The implication of this paper, that could be both academic and practical, presents us with the goal of sustainability that society and organizations will need to achieve in the future as one of the milestones of progress and development.

Keywords: Sustainability, Innovations, Sustainable development, Information systems and technologies

Stefan Vukićević¹, Sanja Milošević²

¹Lund University, School of Economics and Management

²Microsoft Serbia

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